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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Auji. 17, 1832. 



MISCELLANY 



From ilie New England Review. 



THE VAUDOIS TEACHER. 



' The inannei- in which the Waklcn^es and heretics 

 disseminated their principles among the Catholic gentry, 

 was by carrying with them a box of Irinliets, or articles 

 ol dress. Having entered the houses of the gentry and 

 disposed of some of their goods, they cautiously intimated 

 that they had commodities far more valuable than these 

 — inestimable jewels, which they wouhl show if they 

 could be protected, from the clergy. They would then 

 give their purchasers a bible or testament ; and thereby 

 many were deluded into heresy.' — See Reinerous Sac- 

 cho's Book. A. D. 125S. 



• Oh, lady fair, these silks of mine are beautiful and 



rare — 

 The richest web of the Indian loom, which Beauty's self 



might wear ;— 

 And those pearls are pure as thy own fair neck, with 



whose radiant light they vie ; 

 I have brought them with ine a weary way, — will my 



gentle lady buy ?' 



And the lady smiled on the worn old man, through the 



dark and clustering curls 

 Which veiled her brow as she bent to view his silks and 



glittering pearls; 

 And she placed their price in the old man's hand, and 



lightly turned away. 

 But she paused at the wanderer's earnest call — ' My 



gentle lady, stay !' 



' Oh, lady fair, I have yet a gem which a purer lustre 



flings 

 Than the diamond flash of the jewelled crown on the 



lofty brow of kings — 

 A wonderful pearl of exceeding price, whose virtue shall 



not decay, 

 Whose light shall be as a spell to thee and a blessing on 



thy way !' 



The lady glanced at the mirroring steel where her form 

 of grace was seen. 



Where her eye shone clear, and her dark locks waved 

 their clasping pearls between : — 



'Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth, Ihou travel- 

 ler gray and old — 



And name the price of thy precious gem, and my pages 

 shall count thy gold.' 



The cloud went off from the pilgrim's brow, as a small 



and meagre book, 

 Unchased with gold or diamond gem, from his folding 



robe he took : 

 ' Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price, may it prove as 



such to thee ! 

 Nay — keep thy gold — I ask it not, /or the word of God 



is free !' 



The hoary traveller went his way, but the gift he left 

 behind. 



Hath had its pure and perfect work on that high-born 

 maiden's mind. 



And she hath turned from the pride of sin, to the lowli- 

 ness of truth, 



And given her human heart to God in its beautiful hour 

 of youth! 



And she hath left the gray old halls, where an evil I'aith 

 had power. 



The courtly knights of her father's train, and the maid- 

 ens of her bower ; 



And she hath gone to the Vaudois vales by lordly feet 

 untrod, 



Where the poor and needy of earth are rich, in the per- 

 fect love of God ! J. G. W. 



While Sir II. Davy was with Mr Borlase, surpreon, 

 an apprentice, it was his constant custom to walk in 

 the evening to Marazion, to drink tea with an aunt, 

 to whom he was greatly attached. Upon such oc 

 casion.s, his iisual companion was 

 which he procured specimens from the rocks on the 

 beach. In short, it would appear that, at this pe- 

 riod, he paid more attention to philosophy than to 

 physic ; that he thoufjht more of the bowels of the 

 earth, than of the stomachs of his patients ; and that, 

 when he should have been bleeding the sick, he. was 

 opening veins in the granite. Instead of preparing 

 medicines in the surgery, he was experimenting in 

 Mr Tonkin's garret, which had now become the 

 scene of his chymical operations ; and, upon more 

 than one occasion, it is said, that he produced an ex- 

 plosion which put the doctor and all his glass bottles 

 in jeopardy. ' This boy, Humphry, is incorrigible !' 

 ' Was there ever so idle a dog ?' ' He will blow us 

 all into the air!' Such were the constant exclama- 

 tions of Mr Tonkin: and then, in a jocose strain, he 

 would .speak of him as the ' philosopher,' and some- 

 times call him ' Sir Humphry,' as if prophetic of his 

 future renown. — Paris' Life of Sir H. Davy. 



Medical School in Boston. 

 The Medical Lectures of Harvard University deliver- 

 ed in Boston will be comnienceil in the Autumn, at lite 

 usual period, viz. oi\ the third Wednesday in October. 



a hammerrVith 1'''«y. »'"' ^'^ .<^o»t.i""e'l 'o"'' ™<inths. 



i his extension in the term ol the Liectures has been 

 thought necessary to atford time for such a course of in- 

 struction and demonstration, as is deemed by the Faculty 

 to be requisite, uni'.er the advantages which have recent- 

 ly accrued to the School. 



The Legislature of Massachusetts, with an enlighten- 

 ed liberality, which does honor to our age and country, 

 have extended the protection of law to the cultivation of 

 Anatomy within tiiis Commonwealth. The advantages 

 which will hence result to students resorting to this 

 school will be sufficiently obvious. It will be the aim ol 

 the Professors to carry into ellect the intentions of tha 

 Legislature, in such a manner as to evince at the same- 

 time their respect for the rights of humanity, and their 

 interest in the promotion of the healing art. 



The opportunities for practical instruction at the Mas- 

 sachusetts General Hospital continue undiminished. 



The course of Lectures will be — 



On .\natomy and Surgery, by Dr Warren. 

 " Chemistry, by Dr Webster. 

 " Materia Medica, by Dr Bigelow. 

 " Obstetrics and MedicalJurisprudence.by DrCh.in- 



Fiiseli.—Ue was too full of feeling not to rever- 

 ence his Bible, and he was at all times difficult to 

 please with modern attempts to embody scripture. — 

 When Norlhcote exhibited his 'judgment of Solo- 

 mon,' Fuseli looked at it with a sarcastic smirk on 

 his face. ' How do you like ray picture ?' inquired 

 Northcote. ' Much,' was the answer— the action 

 suits the word — Solomon holds out his fingers like a 

 pair of open scissors at the child, and says, ' Cut it.,' 

 I like it much ! 



One day he saw a figure from which the stu- 

 dents were making drawings, lying broken to pieces. 

 ' Now who the devil has done this ?' ' Mr Medland, 

 sir,' said an officious probationer, 'he jumped over 

 the rail and broke it.' He walked up to the offend- 

 er — all listened for the storm. He calmly said, 'Mr 

 Med/and, you are fond of jumping — go to Sadler's 

 Wells— il is the best academy in the world for im- 

 proving agility.' 



Veneration for a Fiddle. — A German writer, of 

 whom I afterwards knew a little, was in some re- 

 spects an original worth studying, though not imita- 

 ting. He loved nothing so well as fiddling, and had 

 two violins, a best and a second best, on the first of 

 which, I firmly believe, he would not have allowed 

 his own father to draw a bow. Quitting England to 

 settle in South America, he tore himself from his 

 beloved instrument for the first time ; hut it was on- 

 ly to e.xport it, highly insured, in a different, and as 

 he thought, a safer ship, than the one he was to sail 

 supercargo in \ — Harmonicon. 



" Theory and Practce of Physic and on Clinical Me- 

 dicine, by Dr .lackson. 



WALTER CHANNING, 

 Dean of the t^uculiy of Metlictne. 

 Boston, June 15, 1S31. 6t* julylG 



EPIGRAM. 



The Coquette Reproved. 

 'Tis strange that I remain a inaid. 

 Though filty swains have homage paid I 

 The reason you have tohl, says Fanny, 

 You had just/or/ynnie too many! 



It is said, that in olden time, it was an article in 

 apprentices' indentures in Boston, that they should 

 not be compelled to eat salmon more than twice a 

 week. 



Traveller's Direction. — A traveller relates the fol- 

 lowing as a literal direction given to him by an in- 

 habitant nf a remote New England town, in reply to 



his inquiry for the direct road to meeting 



house. ' Well, ah, stranger, you go right straight 

 ahead, till you come to a large oak tree, then you 

 take that are tree on your right shoulder, and go on 

 until you come to the brick school house — then take 

 the brick school house on your left shoulder, and 

 keep straight on till you come to Squire Wingate's ; 

 and then do you take the squire's house right on 

 your back, and you can't miss the way.' — .Ms. Jour. 



A Convenient .Yap. — Two Oxford scholars slept 

 in the same room at College. ' Jack,' says one, ear- 

 ly in the morning, 'are you asleep ?' ' Why ?' re- 

 plied the other. ' Because, if you are not. I will bor- 

 row half a crown of you.' 'Is that all.' then I'm 

 sound asleep.' 



'I have lived,' said Dr E. D. Clark, 'to know that 

 the great secret of human happiness is this: never 

 suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of 

 " too many irons in the fire," conveys an abominable 

 lie. You cannot have too many — pokers, tongs, and 

 all : — keep them going.' 



Lynn Mineral Spring Hotel, 



Ten miles from Boston, Six from Salem, and Five fiom Nahant. 



The subsci-iber most respectfully begs leave to inforr 

 his friends and the public that he continues to keep that 

 delightful Summer retreat, the Lynn Mineral Spring; 

 Hotel, which it will be his object to render a genteel 

 and pleasant resort for Boarders, Parties of Pleasure, 

 transient Visitors, &c. 



The salubrious qualities of the waters of this celebra- 

 ted Spring — the beautiful lake, on the borders of which 

 the establishment is situated, abounding with fish of va- 

 rious descriptions, and surrounded with the most wild 

 and romantic scenery — splendid Boats for sailing or fish- 

 ing — Bathing rooms on the margin of the lake, where the 

 warm or cold bath may at any time be taken — the de- 

 lightful situation of the House, wiMi its cnmfortabie and 

 well furnished apartments, with the fruit and flower Gar- 

 dens adjoining, are attractions for those in pursuit of 

 health or pleasure, raiely excelled if equalled in any 

 part of the country. 



Every exertion shall be made to merit a continuance 

 of that patronage which has been so liberally bestowed. 



July 20. JAMES VV. BARTON. 



Cocoons Wanted. 

 The Subscriber will pay cash fcr Cocoons, from 25 to 

 50 cents, according to quality. J. H. COBB. 



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